Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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B.A. French Full-time

Year: 1
2024/25 Session

Students can study:
Route 1: A Major in French.
Students study French alongside one modern foreign language. In Year 1 and Final Year, they must take a minimum of 80 credits in French and 40 credits in the modern foreign language. In Year 2, depending on the languages studied, students will either take 80 credits or 70 credits in French. NB Mandarin Chinese and Japanese can only be studied on Route 1 (Major in French).
Students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant languages as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (beginners or advanced).

Route 2: A Joint Honours in French.
Students study French alongside one modern foreign language. Students must take a minimum of 60 credits in French and 60 credits in one modern foreign language in Year 1. In Year 2 and Final Year, students may be able to vary their credit weighting but this will depend on the languages they study.
Please note: some languages only allow 40 credits per year (Mandarin Chinese and Japanese), others permit up to 80 credits if combined with departmental options (German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish).
Students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant languages as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (beginners or advanced).

With the approval of relevant staff (normally the Director of Undergraduate Studies and/ or Admissions Tutor, in consultation with teaching colleagues, according to module availability) students may seek to change the number and weighting of their languages at appropriate points in the degree (e.g. once end-of-stage results are confirmed) NB students may not normally pick up a supplementary language after the standard course change period at the start of Stage I, even if they have A Levels or equivalent in all relevant languages

The University Regulations state that the minimum requirement for a named specialist minor (Route 1) is 100 credits. For students who wish to study two languages equally (Route 2) the minimum requirement is 160 credits in each language.

the additional credits with the Core V Research Project, the Students who undertake less than 160 credits in one of their languages will graduate with a major/minor degree.
Students who undertake less than 100 credits in one of their languages will not have that language named on their degree certificate.

language modules (which will total 90 credits) and make up In order to reach 100 credits in a language (French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) you must undertake all core Independent Study Module or optional modules in the relevant languages.

Route 1: Major in French
Students must take a minimum of 80 credits in French and 40 credits in one modern foreign language.

Route 2: JH Students
Students must take a minimum of 60 credits in French and 60 credits in one modern foreign language.

For ALL routes, 1-2, the following core language modules – 40 credits for post beginners, or 40 credits at beginners level – are compulsory at Stage I for each language followed.

No more than two languages may be taken at beginners level, one of which must be Beginners French.

Mandarin Chinese and Japanese can only be taken to a maximum of 40 credits in any year. You can only study Mandarin Chinese and Japanese with a Major in French.

French (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC French Core I - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 29742 20 Semester 1
LC French Core I - Beginners: French Cultures and Identities 09 29753 20 Semester 1
LC French Core II - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities 09 29743 20 Semester 2
LC French Core II - Beginners: French Cultures and Identities 09 29754 20 Semester 2

German (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC German Core I - Advanced: Democracy, Diversity, and Dynamism 09 29744 20 Semester 1
LC German Core I - Beginners: Democracy, Diversity, and Dynamism 09 29755 20 Semester 1
LC German Core II - Advanced: Nation, Populism, and Conflict 09 29745 20 Semester 2
LC German Core II - Beginners: Nation, Populism, and Conflict 09 29756 20 Semester 2

Italian (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Italian Core I - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 29746 20 Semester 1
LC Italian Core I - Beginners: Icons of Italy 09 29757 20 Semester 1
LC Italian Core II - Advanced: Icons of Italy 09 29747 20 Semester 2
LC Italian Core II - Beginners: Icons of Italy 09 29758 20 Semester 2

Spanish (choose either Beginners or Advanced Modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Spanish Core I - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29750 20 Semester 1
LC Spanish Core I - Beginners: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29763 20 Semester 1
LC Spanish Core II - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29751 20 Semester 2
LC Spanish Core II - Beginners: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts 09 29764 20 Semester 2

Mandarin Chinese (choose both Beginners modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Mandarin Chinese Language beginners I 09 26164 20 Semester 1
LC Mandarin Chinese Language beginners II 09 26165 20 Semester 2

Japanese (choose both Beginners modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Japanese Language Beginners I 09 26153 20 Semester 1
LC Japanese Language Beginners II 09 26154 20 Semester 2

Russian (choose either Beginners or Advanced modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Russian Core I - Advanced: Beyond the Basics. Russian Language in Context 09 29748 20 Semester 1
LC Russian Core I - Beginners: Cracking the Code: Russian Language, Russian Life 09 29761 20 Semester 1
LC Russian Core II - Advanced: Beyond the Basics. Russian Language in Context 09 29749 20 Semester 2
LC Russian Core II - Beginners: Cracking the Code: Russian Language, Russian Life 09 29762 20 Semester 2

Portuguese (choose both Beginners modules):

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Portuguese Core I - Beginners: The expansion of Portuguese as a World-Language 09 31624 20 Semester 1
LC Portuguese Core II - Beginners: Modernities in Portuguese 09 31625 20 Semester 2

Route 1 (Major in French)

Students taking 80 credits in French (language A):
[Advanced French or Beginners French] Choose two optional modules in French (includes departmental options)

And 40 credits in language B:
[Advanced German, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Beginners Mandarin Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish] You take no optional modules in language B.

Route 2 (JH in French)

Students taking 60 credits in French (language A):
[Advanced French or Beginners French] Choose one optional module in French (includes departmental options).

And 60 credits in language B:
[Advanced German, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Beginners German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish] Choose one optional module in language B (includes departmental options)

For ALL routes, 1-2, in addition to the core language module(s) for their chosen language(s), students choose additional Level C modules provided annually by the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music, up to the relevant credit value for their respective route, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each language, optional modules choices may be restricted. Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages. The following is an indicative list:

French Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC La France Moderne A 09 35101 10 Semester 1
LC La France Moderne B 09 35102 10 Semester 2
LC Occupation, Liberation, Innovation: France and its people in film and writing A 09 35105 10 Semester 1
LC Occupation, Liberation, Innovation: France and its people in film and writing B 09 35106 10 Semester 2

German Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Writing Identities in the German-Speaking World A 09 35114 10 Semester 1
LC Writing Identities in the German-Speaking World B 09 35115 10 Semester 2

Italian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Visions of Italy: Modern Italy in the Making A 09 35112 10 Semester 1
LC Visions of Italy: Modern Italy in the Making B 09 35113 10 Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Between the National and the Global: Peninsular Spanish History, 1936 to the Present Day A 09 34909 10 Semester 1
LC Between the National and the Global: Peninsular Spanish History, 1936 to the Present Day B 09 35987 10 Semester 2
LC Figuring and Re-figuring the Hispanic World in Visual Culture A 09 35095 10 Semester 1
LC Figuring and Re-figuring the Hispanic World in Visual Culture B 09 35098 10 Semester 2
LC Unity, Diversity and the Re-shaping of the New World: Latin America since 1800 09 34907 10 Semester 1
LC Unity, Diversity and the Re-shaping of the New World: Latin America since 1900 09 34908 10 Semester 2

Russian Optional Modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Russia Unwrapped: Cultures, Contexts, Identities A 09 35109 10 Semester 1
LC Russia Unwrapped: Cultures, Contexts, Identities B 09 35110 10 Semester 2

Portuguese Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Roots of Inequality: Race, Gender and the Legacies of Colonialism in the Global North 09 37019 10 Semester 2
LC Roots of Inequality: Race, Gender and the Legacies of Colonialism in the Global South 09 37018 10 Semester 1

Departmental Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Creative Ecologies A: Literature and the Environment 09 37024 10 Semester 1
LC Creative Ecologies B: Literature and the Environment 09 37025 10 Semester 2
LC Introduction to European Film A 09 35099 10 Semester 2
LC Introduction to European Film B 09 35100 10 Semester 1
LC Introduction to Linguistics A: Science of Language 09 37020 10 Semester 1
LC Introduction to Linguistics B: language change and variation 09 37021 10 Semester 2
LC Landmarks in European Literature A 09 35103 10 Semester 1
LC Landmarks in European Literature B 09 35104 10 Semester 2

Departmental Modules [available to students taking Advanced languages only]:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LC Translation in Practice I 09 39792 10 Semester 1
LC Translation in Practice II 09 39793 10 Semester 2